Enabling Activity for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): National Implementation Plan for Tuvalu

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will i.Develop a comprehensive country driven NIP for reduction and elimination of POPs in compliance with the provisions of the Stockholm convention; ii.Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Tuvalu;iii.Achieve a high level of awareness of the POPs issue and sustained ownership of the NIP among all stakeholders; iv.Assist Tuvalu in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and v.Strengthen Tuvalu’s national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals generally.